In any case, the Taylor Made Ghost line has taken golf by storm and received wide acclaim.

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"We are pleased the Great Court Project has been completed successfully and opened to wide acclaim and that the British Museum is now receiving 40% more visitors, " said chairman Graham Greene.

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Prahalad gained wide acclaim in business circles for his 2004 book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, which challenges large, established companies to come up with innovative business ideas to serve the rising classes in developing countries.

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Now 45, her anarchy pays the bills: her first solo show toured America to wide acclaim last year and the Victoria and Albert museum has commissioned a major sculpture with which to inaugurate its new British galleries in November.

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